A review by suvata
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart

5.0

In the summer of 1914, in Paterson, N.J. Henry Kaufman, the "party boy" son of a wealthy silk-dyeing plant owner, smashed his automobile into the horse-drawn buggy occupied by three sisters, Constance, Norma and Fleurette Kopp.

So begins this based-on-a-true-story novel. Constance demands that Kaufman pay $50 to compensate them for damages to the carriage. Not only does he refuse to pay, but he and his cohorts go out of their way to intimidate and harass the Kopp sisters.

I love this little mystery story. From the very beginning, I felt like I was reading something that was written in the 1950s. The language, the mood of the book all took me back to that time period. You'll definitely want to put this fun-filled mystery on your to-read list.